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To ALL WnoM 1r MAY eoNcERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. BEANS, of Brownshurg, in the county of Bucks, and State of Pennsyb` vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety-Lines for Harness and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a portion of this specification, in which# Figure 1 represents the invention as placed' uponl the horse.

Figure 2 is a separate enlarged view ofi-the bit used in connection therewith.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

This invention consists in a novel means of connecting a pair of safety-lines with the headstall and bit of a harness, whereby the safety-lines may be made to press upon'the most sensitive portion of the neck of the horse simultaneously with a forcible upward movement of the bit in the mouth of the said horse, so that by thesemeans a spirited or fractions animal may be safely and speedily subdued by the exertion of`a very moderate degree of strength.

To enable others to understand the construction and operation of my invention, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings. f l

lThe cheek-pieces; throat-latch, front band, and guiding-lines of the headstall oribridle, are shown respectively at (1,6, e, and 7:, the bit d being attached at ca ch end'of the lower extremity of the cheek-pieces a, and

the general construction of the headstall itself being similar to that of those in common use. Any suitable kind of headstall may be used, but whatever the variety that may be employed, the headstall is furnished at each side witha rearwardly extending extension-strap, e. These extensionstraps e, for the sake ofeonvenience of manufacture, may be formed by eontinuations of the ends of the front band c, andA may be formed with loops-l a near their innermost portions, through whichthe throat-latch b may be passed, and thus prevented from slipping too far back upon the liorsc's head. Formed in the outer extremity of each of these extension-straps e is a similar loop, b. The bit. is constructed with a transverse slot or guide, a', at each end, in which is pivoted a small friction-roller, f. The safety-lines are shown at g, and are formed of a single continuous rein ot' leather,

webbing, or other 'suitable material, which is passed through the loops b of the extension-straps e, and thence through the slots c, and over the frietion-rcllers from which the two end portions of the rein which constitute the pair of lines g are carried back to the hands of the driver, the central portion of the rein orpair ot' lines g, when the headstall is placed upon the head of the horse, as shown in tig. 1, resting upon the neck of the said horse at that part thereof most sensitive to pressure, as shown at d', in such manner that by pulling back upon the lines g, the said central portion d thereof will press downwardsupon the aforesaid part of the horses neck, at the same time that the action of the said lines forces the bit d upwards in the mouth of the horse, so that by this simultaneous action upon the mouth and neck of the horse he may he very easily held and controlled by the driver, the retention of the centra-l portion d of the lines upon the proper part of the neck of the animal, and the consequent eiiieicnt operatiolfof the apparatus, being secured by means ofthe extension'straps e, through the loops b of which'the said'IineSg4 are passed, as hereinbefore fully set forth. VThe guiding-lines lt are used simply for guiding the horse as in ordinary driving.

I do not claim passing the safety-lines over the horses neck, as that has been done before by passing them through loops on the throat-latch of the headstall so as to bring themfour or five inches back of the ears, but what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The headstall constructed with extensions rearwardlyifrom the forehead-strap having loops b at their rear ends for the retention of the safety-reins in the desired position on the horses-nock, substantially as shown and described. i l

W. R. BEANS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED BLAKER, CHARLES II. Renners. 

